I have always wondered why Sony has never tried to release special design/colored ps3 systems in regions other than Japan. They certainly release plenty of system bundles (CoD, Infamous 2, Killzone 3, Uncharted 3, just this year), but they are all just a game with a standard ps3 unit with no special design or anything. Even the PSP got more colored/special systems in NA which all looked great and probably boosted sales at least for a little while (was hard to get hands on these bundles without preorders in my experience).
In general, Microsoft has released more game/system bundles of all varieties, and it makes a lot of sense to me. A special design on the system both encourages new people to buy a stylish system while also getting the collector crowd (like me) to buy multiples of the same system. Right now I have 4 Xbox 360's (CoD MW2 sys, Final Fantasy 13 bundle, Halo Reach sys, and Gears 3 sys) with one more on the way (Star wars Kinect bundle). I know plenty of people that also buy multiple systems as well just to have something collectible and new.
I have two PS3 systems and I am thinking about trading in my old fat one, but its backwards compatability makes me hold on to it for now ... and both are big, ugly, black systems with nothing special about them in terms of apperance. I bought a God of war case for my PS3 slim sys just so it wouldn't look so dull. It can't be that hard to put some special design on a system or to make it appear more interesting/special.
I am not saying that this is the key to sales or anything, but making a bundle with a neat colored/graphic system and fresh new exclusive might just catch the eye of customers instead of making yet another sharpshooter/move bundle that nobody needs (I saw one for a Goldeneye sharpshooter now lol they will bundle that crap in with anything).
